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STATE v. WEHR

No. 13-0386.

852 N.W.2d 495 (2014)

STATE of Iowa, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Allen WEHR, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

April 30, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Bonzer of Johnson & Bonzer, P.L.C., Fort Dodge, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Tyler J. Buller , Assistant Attorney General, Cori Kuhn-Coleman , County Attorney, and Jennifer Benson , Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.

Considered by DOYLE, P.J., and TABOR and BOWER, JJ.

BOWER, J.

James Allen Wehr appeals his conviction for operating while intoxicated, first offense. He claims the district court violated his Sixth Amendment right to self-representation1 by refusing to allow him to represent himself at trial. The record does not contain a specific finding by the district court that Wehr's morning-of-trial motion to represent himself was a tactic to delay the start of trial. Accordingly, we reverse and remand...

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